Patrick Demarchelier, the French-born photographer known for his high fashion images of top models and celebrities, including Princess Diana, has died. He was 78.

KATHMANDU, March 27: Photojournalist Monika Malla has been awarded in the photo competition organized by UN Women on climate change and its impact on women. She was able to secure the second position in the competition.

Actor Frieda Pinto and her husband, photographer Cory Tran, have become parents to a baby boy.

Astrid Kirchherr, the German photographer who shot some of the earliest and most striking images of the Beatles and helped shape their trend-setting visual style, has died at age 81.

A New York City photographer has filed a lawsuit against singer-actor Jennifer Lopez for using a photo of hers on social media without permission.

Bitten by the creative bug

December 20, 2019 10:53 am

If you like to keep yourself abreast of what’s happening in the fashion scene in Nepal, you might be familiar with photographer Sujan Pradhan Shrestha’s works. Shrestha, who takes the official photos for quite a few fashion brands including DS Collections, is a popular name within the fashion industry. However, for Shrestha, photography was just a hobby initially and he never thought it would go on to become a full-fledged career for him.

Smile, you are on camera

October 26, 2019 01:00 am

For parents, attempting to harvest their children’s creativity through photography is a real challenge. Yet, you can always give them a camera and see how it works out

Telling stories

June 14, 2019 11:27 am

Jay Poudyal, founder of Stories of Nepal, has been traveling extensively in Nepal and sharing stories of everyday lives of Nepali people for over five years now. Sometimes, he also works as a freelance photographer, in collaboration with different organizations, documenting lives and livelihoods of Nepali people. Here, with The Week, he talks about what prompted him to start Stories of Nepal, how it all works, and, for a change, shares his own story.

In Pictures: Wildlife up close

April 5, 2019 10:46 am

Sagar Giri has been a wildlife photographer for nearly four years now and although he isn’t a full time photographer, he is passionate about what he does. Having grown up with his zoologist father, Giri spent a large chunk of his childhood outdoors.

Bill Nighy has joined the cast of “Minamata,” Andrew Levitas’ movie about W. Eugene Smith and the first image of Johnny Depp as the celebrated war photographer has been released.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Former chief justice Sushila Karki is among 34 eminent South Asian personalities who have demanded the release of Bangladeshi photographer and cultural activist Shahidul Alam .

The narrative behind the viral photo of a polar bear starving, reportedly thanks to climate change, has been called into question by the National Geographic photographer who took it in the first place.

SRK’s car ran over a photographer

March 16, 2017 16:40 pm

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who starred with Alia in Dear Zindagi was on his way to her birthday party when he was met with an unfortunate incident: a photographer came under his car.

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 24: A court in Argentina indicted Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Bieber for allegedly having his bodyguards beat up a photographer here in 2013.

People screamed, hid behind columns and under tables and lay on the floor. I was afraid and confused, but found partial cover behind a wall and did my job: taking photographs.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2:Senior photographer Mani Lama’s photographs have gone on display at the Nepal Tourism Board’s premises as part of the ongoing ‘#photoNepal’ series that’s been organized by Photo Journalists’ Club (PJ Club) Nepal.

BERLIN, August 24: Vasana, a photo exhibition by two photographers from Berlin and Kathmandu, has opened at Pappel Reihe café from 22 August 2016 in Neukölln district in Berlin.

KATHMANDU, July 30: When his name was announced as the winner of the annual photo contest organized by the Photojournalist Club, contrary to all expectations, silence filled Rastriya Nachghar's hall, which was teeming with photojournalists and photographers. Soon, a murmur ensued. "Who is Dipak Ratna?" the crowd started asking.